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I woke up that next morning feeling like I’d slept for 100 years. My body felt so rxed I couldn’t help buty and smile. Last night was like a romance novel. Aaron made my body and soul feel things I never thought I’d experience. I felt loved and cherished. I was actually happy I gave myself to him and found myself feeling greedy for wanting more. Aaron had already got up and would be in the conference room for most of the morning setting everything up for the ball. He’d left a note for me on the pillow.

i“/ibiGood /i/bmorning my beautiful wife to be. I trust you islept /iwellst night…I most certainly did ??i. /iEnjoy ia /ibgood /band bihearty /i/bbibreakfast/i/bbi. /i/biI’ve /ibooked you an appointment at ithe /ibspa/b. There’s a ilittle /isurprise waiting bfor /bbiyou /i/bbwhen /byou arrive. I’ll bbe /bbto /bpick you iup /iat 12:30 bfor /bour imeeting /iwith bithe /i/bchairwoman.

biLove/i/bbi, /i/b

Your iHusband /ibto /bbibe/i/bbi. /i/b

I couldn’t help but blush all over. After taking a shower, I met up with Damon and had breakfast. Taking a sip of my coffee, I noticed Damon had a peculiar look on his face.

“iWhat /iiare /iiyou /iistaring /iiat/ii?/ii” /i

Tilting his head, he took a bite of toast.

i“/iiI /iidon’t /iiknow/ii. /iiSomething /iiabout /iiyou /iseems idifferent /iithis /iimorning/i.”

My eyes instantly bulked up. How the hell did he know! Was it that obvious? Stuffing pancakes in my mouth to make sure I wouldn’t say anything too embarrassing, I yed at not knowing what he was referring too.

“I idon’t /iiwhy /iiyou /iifeel /iithat /iiway/ii, /iiI’m /iistill /iithe /iisame /iime/ii./ii” /i

Looking at my brother with a slightly guilty expression, he lowered his head and smiled.

“iWell/ii, /ithat’s not itrue/ii, /iiand /iimuch /ias I iwant /ito ikill /iihim /iiright now/ii, /iI’m d iyou’re /iihappy/ii./i”

We both stared at each other for a brief moment, a protective big brother to his little sister, I put my fork down and hugged him tight. Tears forming as I began to speak.

“Thank you for ialways /iiloving /iime/ii. /iI iam /iireally /ihappyi./ii” /i

Damon gripped a little tighter,

i“/iiHe /iibetter /ikeep iit /iithat /iiway /ior else ihe’ll /iihave /ito deal with mei./i”

I couldn’t help butugh, remembering the day he saved me and beat Thomas‘ ass, I knew he met every

word.

After breakfast, me and Damon split up. He decided to hit the gym and then catch up with some friends while I made my way to the hotel’s spa. As soon as I arrived, hostess immediately knew who I was. She eagerly led me to the VIP room.

i“/iMrs. iMichales /iiwee/ii! /iiYour /ihusband made ireservations /iifor /iiyou /ito ihave /iiour /iifull /iiVIP /iispa /itreatment iso /iiplease /iilet /ius know if ithere’s /iianything /iwe can do to imake /iiyour /iistay /imore ifortable/ii. /iiPlease /iifollow /iime/ii./ii” /i

As we got closer to the doors I could have sworn I heard voices of women chatting, some I even thought I recognized. When the double doors opened I was taken by a full surprise. Aaron arranged for everyone to be here! Pera, Brea, Tara, Gloria, Caroline, even little Grace. I so was overwhelmed with joy all I could do was hold my breath. Just as I was about to walk over and hug everyone there was a light tap on my shoulder. When I turned around, I could hardly believe it. Standing before me was Lina and Lisa, Aaron’s mom and younger sister. That was it, I couldn’t hold it in anymore. The tears began flowing down my face as I hugged them both tightly.

Lina extended her arms and stepped back.

“iWell/i, imy /iigoodness/ii! /iiLook /iiat /iihow /iibeautiful /iiyou /iiare /iiRuby/ii!/ii” /i

Lisa chimed in, her voice still full of that vivacious excitement, she hadn’t changed one bit.

“iOMG /imom iright/ii! /iiRuby /iiyou /iilook /iigorgeous/i! Oh imy /iigosh /iiI’ve /imissed iyou /iso imuch/ii!! /iI’m so id /iiyou’re /iihome/ii!/ii” /i

The word home meant so much more to me than any of them would ever know. My heart finally felt the way it felt over five years ago. I was finally back with my loved ones; Aaron had truly outdone himself. fnb926 This update is avable on findnovel/fnb926

After the hugs and introductions, we all sat around in the spaughing and catching up. It was just like old times when my mom would host slumber parties for me.

“iOhhh /iiI /iicannot /iiwait /iito /iistart /iinning /iithe /iiwedding/ii!/ii” /i

Lisa pped her hands loudly; she’d just graduated designer school and was eager to put her skills to use.

“iAbsolutely/ii, /iimy /iison /iwon’t ibe /iiallowed /iito /iibe /iicheap /iiwith /iithis/ii. /iiYou’re /iigoing /ito ihave /iinothing /iibut /iithe /iibest/ii! /iiI /iiwant /iiGrace /iismiling /iiall /iithe /iiway /iifrom /iiheaven/ii./ii” /i

Hearing my future mother–inw say that about my mom, the tears started to pour again.

“Awe Rubyi! /iiDon’t /iicry/ii! /iiYou’re /igonna make me icry/i.”

Tara chuckled as she handed me a tissue and also wiped tears out of her own eyes. I couldn’t help it howeverb, /bit had been so long since felt this happy, it made thest five years feel like it was just a bad dream,

i“So/ii, /iwhat’s on the itinerary after ithe /ispa?”

Brea asked as she sipped her champagne. My Aunt Gloria pulled out a list from her pocket. I couldn’t believe it; they actually had an itinerary.

i“/iiAfter /iiwe’re /iifinished /iihere /iiwe’ll /iihave /iia /iifew /iihours /iof downtime ifrom /ii12/i:30-3pmi. /iiAaron /iand iRuby /iihave /iian /iiappointment/i. iOnce /iishe /iigets /iback to ithe /ihotel, iwe’ll /ihead to iCharte/i‘ iBoutique /iito /iibuy /iigowns /ifor tomorrow inight/i. iAaron /ibooked out ithe /ientire store from i3:30/iipm-7pm/i, iAfter /iithat/i, iwe’re /iigoing /iito /iihave /iia /iifamily /iidinner /iiwith /iieveryone /iat iTremark’s /iiSteakhouse/i.”

Lisa took a sip of her wine and giggled.

“iOh /imy god, imy /iibrother /iiis /iireally /iiin /iilove/ii! /iiHe /iiis /iigoing /iiall /iiout/ii!/ii” /i

With a proud smile on her face, Lina began to speak.

“Welli, /iihe /iihas /iibeen /iiin /iilove /iiwith /iiRuby /iisince /iihe /iwas 17.”

Hearing that almost made me choke on my wine. Who’s been in love! I looked over at my mother–inw withplete shock. Suddenly, Tara chimed in with a slight hint ofughter in her voice.

i“/iiRuby/ii, /iiyou /iireally /iididn’t /iiknow/i. iHe /iidefinitely /iihad /iia /iicrush /iion /iiyou /iiwhen /iiwe /iiwere /iiin /iihigh /iischool/i.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, how had I not known this? Why did everyone else know? What was going on?

i“/iiYeah /iihe /iiused /iito /iiwatch /iiyou /iiy /iiyour /iiviolin /iiall /iithe /iitime/ii./ii” /i

Pera said with smile as she picked out a nail polish color. Hearing all of this was crazy, I never knew Aaron paid that much attention to me. Growing up, I used to think he was just Lisa’s uptight big brother, he barley even smiled. Caroline suddenly spoke breaking my train of thought.

i“/iiSo/ii, /iiit /iiwas /iifate/i. iThe /iitwo /iiof /iiyou /iiwere /iidestined /ifor ieach /iiother/i.”

Fate. I wonder if there was some truth to that. After so many years of feeling unloved and unwanted, I certainly hoped it was true.

We spent the rest of the time in spaughing and talking about dream weddings, kids, careers. This was without a doubt the best day I had in a long time.

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